(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - 2 Shiites were martyred when terrorists of Sipah-e-Sahaba opened fire on people returning from the funeral of the Abbas Town martyrs.
There were an extraordinarily large number of Shiites taking part in the Abbas Town martyrs’ funeral. Upon returning from the cemetery, they were fired on by terrorists. Several were injured while 2 were martyred.
The martyrs have been identified as 35 year-old Karrar Hussain and 22 year-old Khawar Raza. They were laid to rest on Tuesday.
Thousands of people thronged a main road in Karachi Monday for the funeral service. Many beat their chests and heads and chanted “Stop the brutal attacks!” They called on the government to take action against militant groups responsible for the attacks.
“Terrorists are killing us everywhere, but the state is nowhere to be seen,” said Intizar Hussain, whose father died in the bombing. It was the third mass casualty attack since the beginning of the year against Shiites. The first two killed nearly 200 people in the southwestern city of Quetta. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni militant group known for its virulent hatred of Shiite Muslims, claimed responsibility for the two attacks.
Abbas Town Blast: More bodies of Shia martyrs recovered from debris
Two bodies of martyrs have been recovered from Debris of Abbast Town Blast on Tuesday 05 March 2013.
The martyrs were identified as 50-years-old martyr Sitwat Abbas and the other 24-yers-old Iftikhar Hussain an activist of Imamia Students Organization Pakistan Unit Skardu.
On March 3, a huge blast rocked the Shia neighborhood and killed 48 people. At least 200 flats and over 50 shops were damaged in the blast.
According to reports at least 365 Shiite Muslims have been killed in 64 days, since January 2013, in Pakistan.
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed that four terrorists, who had allegedly been involved in the Abbas Town blast, were arrested on Tuesday.
Pakistan Interior Minister: Four terrorists arrested
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed that four terrorists, who had allegedly been involved in the Abbas Town blast, were arrested on Tuesday.
Malik added that three of the accused are affiliated with banned outfit Lashkar e Jhangvi (LEJ) while another is an activist of banned Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Earlier, Malik had lashed out against the Punjab government and said that all headquarters of the LeJ were in Punjab and there was no Shia-Sunni conflict in Karachi. He had also asked why the Punjab government was not taking action against the LeJ.
Karachi writhed in pain on Monday as scores of sobbing families buried their loved ones following Sunday’s carnage at Abbas Town which left around 48 dead and more than 200 injured.
Cities and towns went into shut-down mode as protests and rallies swept the streets in an outpouring of anger against the terrorist attack in Karachi’s Abbas Town on Sunday.
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6 March 2013 - 10:57
News ID: 397359
KARACHI, Pakistan, March 5, (AP): Gunmen shot and killed two people returning from a funeral Monday for Shiite Muslim victims of a massive bombing in Karachi, highlighting escalating sectarian tensions in a city where 48 people were killed the day before.
